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A Renaissance bronze in Birmingham, the bailli de Breteuil and Luigi Valadier

11/2018 | 1388 | 160

Pages: 928-937

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Warren, Jeremy (Warren, Jeremy)

Subjects

art literature:

Planiscig, Leo / Sewter, A. C. / Fletcher, Jennifer / Radcliffe, Anthony / Bergeret de Grancourt, Pierre Jacques Onésyme, 1715-1785 / Sciberras, Keith / Miles, Hamish / Bodkin, Thomas

artists:

Valadier, Luigi / Severo da Ravenna / Riccio, Andrea / Cavaceppi, Bartolomeo / Nollekens, Joseph / Robert, Hubert / Ango, Jean-Robert / Guiard, Laurent / Giambologna / Duquesnoy, François / Michelangelo / Soldani-Benzi, Massimiliano (1656-1740) / Valadier, Giuseppe

artists:

Pécheux, Laurent / Lavallée, Etienne de / Saint-Non, Jean Claude Richard de / Bridan, Charles Antoine / Breton, Jean Louis

collectors and dealers:

Tonnelier, Jacques-Laure le / Michiel, Marcantonio / Lebrun, Jean Baptiste Pierre / Julliot, Claude-François / Julliot, Philippe-François, fils, / Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796

dates:

1750-1799

media:

Sculpture / Bronzes / Marbles / Drawings

museums and institutions:

Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham, Great Britain / Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain / Knights of Malta / Musée du Louvre, Paris, France

places:

Great Britain / Birmingham / Italy / Rome

subjects:

Italian sculpture / Neo-classicism / Venetian / Greek Revival / Supports / Casts (sculpture) / Shells (animal material) / Animals / Ornament / Albums / Vases / Portraits / Dinner services / Collecting / Collections / Collections, Private / Collections, Public / Commissions / Patronage / Art market / Provenance / Attributions / Attribution / Scientific analysis / Technical analysis / Inventories / Sales catalogues / Acquisitions / Slavery

Illustrations

Attributed works:

10. Allegorical figure, by Jean-Robert Ango after a terracotta relief by François Berruer. 1767. Red chalk, 43.8 by 28.4 cm. (Marquis de Breteuil).

Attributed works:

11. The Callipygian Venus, by Jean-Robert Ango, after a marble statue attributed to Jean Louis Breton after a drawing by Laurent Guiard. 1765. Black chalk, 28.2 by 22 cm. (Marquis de Breteuil).

Attributed works:

12. A Furietti centaur, one of a pair, by Jean-Robert Ango, after bronze statuettes after the antique statues. c.1765–70. Black chalk, 28.4 by 22 cm. and 28.7 by 22 cm. (Marquis de Breteuil).

Attributed works:

13. Satyr holding grapes with panther, and Figure of a warrior, known as the Executioner, by Jean-Robert Ango, after bronze statuettes attributed to Massimiliano Soldani-Benzi and François Duquesnoy. 1765. Black chalk, 28.2 by 21.7 cm. (Marquis de Breteuil).

Attributed works:

14. Assemblage with a vase and a plaque depicting Henri IV, by Jean-Robert Ango, after a model attributed to Jacques-Laure Le Tonnelier, bailli de Breteuil and Luigi Valadier. c.1765–70. Red chalk, 47.5 by 34.8 cm. (Marquis de Breteuil).

Attributed works:

15. Seated Rome, by Luigi and Giuseppe Valadier. 1780–86. Hardstones, silver- and bronze-gilt, height 46 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).

Attributed works:

3. Jacques-Laure Le Tonnelier, bailli de Breteuil, by Louis Jacques Pilon. 1785. Plaster, height 87 cm. (Marquis de Breteuil).

Attributed works:

4. Boy riding upon a horse, by the workshop of Severo Calzetta (Severo da Ravenna). c.1510–30. The base is here attributed to the workshop of Luigi Valadier, Rome. c.1770–80. Bronze, marble and gilt-bronze, 18 by 22 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).

Attributed works:

5. The salon of the bailli de Breteuil in Palazzo Malta, Rome, by Hubert Robert. c.1765. Red chalk, 34.9 by 48.8 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).

Attributed works:

6. Agrippina as Minerva, by Jean-Robert Ango, after a possibly Roman bronze statuette. c.1765–70. Black chalk, 28 by 22 cm. (Marquis de Breteuil).

Attributed works:

7. Figure of a boy (‘Souffleur de bulles de savon’), by Jean-Robert Ango after a bronze statuette, model by François Duquesnoy. c.1765–70. Red chalk, 21.7 by 18.8 cm. (Marquis de Breteuil).

Attributed works:

8. Detail from Antique vases and statuettes and a modern vase, by Jean-Robert Ango after antique models and a bronze model by Luigi Valadier, incorporating designs by François Duquesnoy. 1765. Black chalk. 27.5 by 43.5 cm. (Marquis de Breteuil).

Attributed works:

9. A dog, by Jean-Robert Ango after a possibly Roman bronze statuette. c.1765–70. Black chalk, 28 by 21.5 cm. (Marquis de Breteuil).

Western art unattributed:

1. Boy riding upon a goat. Italian, probably Padua, early sixteenth century. The base is here attributed to the workshop of Luigi Valadier, Rome, c.1770–80. Bronze, marble and gilt-bronze, 21.7 by 22.1 cm. (Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham).

Western art unattributed:

2. Detail of Fig.1, showing the shell.

Article

William Artaud: History Painter and 'Violent Democrat'

02/1995 | 1103 | 137

Pages: 76-85

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Author:

Sloan, Kim (Sloan, Kim)

Subjects

art literature:

Sewter, A. C.

artists:

Artaud, William

dates:

1750-1849

places:

England

subjects:

Documents / Correspondence

subjects:

British painting / History paintings

Illustrations

Attributed works:

15. The Triumph of Mercy, by William Artaud. 1788. 241.3 by 204.5 cm. (Yale Center for British Art, New Haven).

Attributed works:

16. The Triumph of Mercy, by Francesco Bartolozzi, after William Artaud. 1794. Stipple Engraving, 42.5 by 50cm. (British Museum, London).

Attributed works:

17. The Woman Accused of Adultery, by William Artaud. 1791. 127.9 by 99 cm. (Art Institute of Chicago).

Attributed works:

18. The Woman Accused of Adultery, by P. Thomson, after William Artaud. 1794. Engraving, 48 by 39 cm. (British Museum, London).

Attributed works:

19. The Temples of Paestum, by William Artaud. c.1796. Water-Colour, 30 by 43.7 cm. (Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester).

Attributed works:

20. John Deare's Wife at Rome, by William Artaud. c.1796. Pen and Ink with Wash, over Graphite, 11.5 by 18 cm. (British Museum, London).

Attributed works:

21. An Artist's Studio, Naples, by William Artaud. 1796. Pen and Ink with Wash, over Graphite, 11.5 by 18 cm. (British Museum, London).

Attributed works:

22. The Discovery of Arthur's Tomb, by William Artaud. Graphite, Pen and Ink, 23.5 by 36.5 cm. (British Museum, London).

Attributed works:

23. The Maid of Orleans, by William Artaud. Graphite, Pen and Ink, with Red Chalk, 23.5 by 36.5 cm. (British Museum, London).

Attributed works:

24. The Lambton Family at Naples, by Augusto Nicodemo. 1797. 77.5 by 98 cm. (Whereabouts Unknown).

Attributed works:

25. Satan Starting at the Touch of Ithuriel's Spear, by Henry Fuseli. 1776. Pen and Ink with Wash, over Graphite, 28 by 41 cm. (British Museum, London).

Attributed works:

26. Liberty Tearing the Veils of Ignorance and Superstition from His Eyes, by William Artaud. 1797. Graphite, Pen and Ink with Wash, 39.4 by 54.1 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).

Attributed works:

27. Liberty Tearing the Veils of Ignorance and Superstition from His Eyes, by William Artaud. 1797. Pen and Ink with Red Chalk, over Graphite, 23.5 by 36.5 cm. (British Museum, London).

Attributed works:

28. Liberty Tearing the Veils of Ignorance and Superstition from His Eyes, by William Artaud. 1797. Pen and Ink with Red Chalk, over Graphite, 23.5 by 36.5 cm. (British Museum, London).

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